Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-02

OF racers! nave Ollen WOHucTtu NlcIc
they of the North derived their horses
from what have seen and heard, they |
have peculiar family, different
in appearance, in form, strikingly
from ours. They of the North have
had some method in this matter-as well
as the breeders of Shorthorns, Leicester
sheep, etc. About the lakes they have "A
horse of great speed and power, as am
informed. called the "Frencher." The
English officers bring over from the
mother country fine blooded stations
for troopers and parade 1t is the cross
of these and the Canadian mares which
produces the "Frencher is indis
pensable. But what is the Canadian?
Unde VENT; They are descended from
the horses of Normandy, carried over by
the French settlers. Napoleon's coach
when captured was being drawn by four
Norman horses, and | guess the emper-
or was not fond of sitting behind slow
cattle. When the Spaniards were in pos
: session of the low countries they carried
with them their Andausian horses-thesc
were crossed on the Norman, which pro-
duced great Improvement. When the
Spaniards were expelled the breeding in
and-n from this stock must have pro-
duced distinct family as Blackwell pro-
duced with other races of quadrupeds.
: Climate necessarily produced a change in
the Norman horses when transferred to
the rigor of Canadian winters-hence the
thick coat of hair. etc. The Andalusian,
you know, is of Arabian descent. SO far
as | have been able to learn Vermont is
indebted to Canada for her distinguished
race of roadsters as well as the neighbour
ing States. They have one distinct fam
2 lily, the "Morgan," descended from a little
Canadian, famous, too, for running quar-
ter races. This family has been cher
ished for years, and is as distinguished
b. among them as old Archy in Virginia. |
! have some indistinct recollection to have
seen, years ago, an account of a horse
among them got by, or out of mare,
Cock of the Rock-Messenger blood
1 again"
I 1t is now in proof that this Morgan
1 breed is descended from a horse that was
stolen from General de Lancey, importer
e of Wildair, and there is every reason to
e believe that though he may not have been
thoroughbred he was well stepped in the
5 best blood of the Anglo-American turf
0 horse.
While it has been found impractIcable
I to obtain any precise information as to
the pedigree of some of our very best
trotters, in other cases where more is
/ known they are found to be deep in the
: blood. Awful, whose performances will
!, be seen in the tables annexed, is known
: to have been gotten by thoroughbred,
II American Boy. Lady Suffolk is by En-
5 gineer, but what Engineer is not known.
' Abdallah, as before mentioned, is by
Il Mambrino, and he again, Il great trotter
II by Messenger; but Dutchman, one of
I our best trotters, has no known pedigree,
II though we have some reasons to think he
e was got by Young Oscar, then at Car
n Isle. He was taken out of a clay yard,
1 and was transferred to the trotting turf
: from a Pennsylvania wagon team. Wood
o ruff thinks blood does not give them
Il length, or the power to 60 long distan-
e ces. but in this it is believed he must be
:. mistaken. These Canadian or Norman
r French stations, small and compact
/ which on well-formed, large mares give
It such fine horses and trotters, are, as be-
r fore said, deeply imbued with the blood
l. of the Barb taken from Spain into Nor
n mandy. We have been told lately by an
d intelligent Englishman that the infusion
e of blood into their coach-horses has ena'
:. bled them to engthen their stages, and
: in very observable proportions to the de-
y gree of blood finally, where the blood
# of the trotter when known, is seen to
II flow in so many instances from a spring
a of pure blood, is it not fair to infera sim
It liar origin in cases where the blood can
It not be traced, especially as the universal
= experience of all times proves that in
n other PAGES the cases have been eX-
tremely rare in which horse of impure
blood has been known to keep up great
;, flight of speed? horse of mixed blood
It may be a great trotter at Il long distance
If because his speed at his best is greatly
n behind that of the best speed on the turf
re but it would, according to all principles OF
y reasoning, be unreasonable to expect
e great excellence even as a trotter in hors
e es altogether free from the blood which
r, gives wind and foot to the Eastern cour
D sers. Though we may not be able tC
re trace it, and though in solitary cases &
l. horse without it may possess great speed
Is and lastingness in the trot, from excel
II lent accidental confirmation in our pos
l session we repeat that the possession o.
Is the two warrants the presumption o.
II the third, however obscure the traces, OF
Il tLI. .aIiaril, dig l. tLaarl.